Articles by Cassandra A. Clarke

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show as the Inverted Plautine Comedy

April 12, 2010 - 2434 words | English » Plautus

The first line of Plautus’ epitaph reads: “Postquam est mortem aptus Plautus, comoedia luget, scaena est deserta,” or roughly translated, “since Plautus is dead, comedy mourns, deserted is the stage” (Garrod, 531). While his body... Read Article »

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Roman Comedy Theatre English Plautus Plautine Comedy History Of Comedy Latin Comedy The Rocky Horror Picture Show Trhps

Mind Sweet Mind: A Closer Look at Salman Rushdie's Invisible Homeland in "East, West"

March 26, 2010 - 1642 words | English » Salman Rushdie

Every person has a birthplace, a starting point that offers a sense of identity for an individual. Through this start, this receding to the roots mentality, one examines their present in terms of their constructed past. Salman Rushdie touches upon this concept of past... Read Article »

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Post-colonial Literature East West Salman Rushdie Immigration Bicultural Homelands Bahri

Love in the Time of Pollution: A Look at Eco-Feminism Roots in Disney's "Wall-E"

March 25, 2010 - 1232 words | Environmental Studies » Eco-feminism

Despite critics’ assumption that WALL-E centers its plot upon an anti-pollution/sustainability theme, the writer Andrew Stanton never intended his movie to contain an environmental message. Instead, what he intended to do was create a movie that epitomizes the... Read Article »

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Eco-Feminism Pollution Wall-E Andrew Stanton Sustainability

Cassandra A. Clarke studies Creative Writing/Environmental Studies at Suffolk University in Boston, MA.